Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a Protestant German princess and Electress of Saxony who became known for refusing to convert to Catholicism when her husband Augustus II the Strong became King of Poland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Electress of Saxony
German noblewoman
Protestant
human
princess
associatedWith Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED
birthDate 1671-12-29
birthPlace Bayreuth NERFINISHED
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth NERFINISHED
burialPlace Freiberg Cathedral NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 17th century
18th century
child Augustus III of Poland NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 1727-09-05
deathPlace Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
Pretzsch NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Hohenzollern NERFINISHED
father Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth NERFINISHED
givenName Christiane NERFINISHED
Eberhardine NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Her Electoral Highness NERFINISHED
languageSpoken German
marriageDate 1693-01-20
marriagePlace Bayreuth NERFINISHED
memberOfDynasty House of Hohenzollern NERFINISHED
mother Sophie Louise of Württemberg NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Electress of Saxony NERFINISHED
Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth NERFINISHED
notableFor refusal to convert to Catholicism
steadfast adherence to Protestant faith
positionHeld Electress consort of Saxony
Queen consort of Poland (de jure)
refusedToConvertTo Roman Catholicism
religion Lutheranism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Pretzsch Castle NERFINISHED
Saxony NERFINISHED
sibling George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth NERFINISHED
spouse Augustus II the Strong NERFINISHED
spouseConvertedFor Polish crown
spouseReligion Roman Catholicism (after conversion)
spouseTitle Elector of Saxony
King of Poland
titleHeldFrom Electress of Saxony, from 1694 NERFINISHED
Queen consort of Poland (de jure), from 1697

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Augustus III as King of Poland mother Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
subject surface form: Augustus III of Poland
Augustus II the Strong spouse Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth